To Any Physicians, R.N.'s, L.V.N.'s, All Health Care Professionals?

To Any Physicians, R.N.'s, L.V.N.'s, All Health Care Professionals?

I'm a PA-C. My understanding of herpes simplex 1 v 2 is not that if its around the mouth, its 1 or if in genitals its 2. Its simply a matter of where the herpes starts - if it was originally started on the genitals then it is Herpes Simplex 2, if around the mouth then Herpes Simplex 1. Type 1 can be passed to the genitals if oral sex is performed and there is an open lesion. Type 2 can be passed the same way, just that there is a lesion on the genitals that gets passed to the mouth. You do not automatically have HSV-1 if its around your lips or HSV-2 if its on the genital region. This can only be determined by Tzanck smear.

I don't really understand why you talked about the HZV which causes chicken pox and shingles which has nothing to do with HSV 1 or 2.HSV-1 and HSV-2 can be found in and released from the sores that the viruses cause, but they also are released between outbreaks from skin that does not appear to be broken or to have a sore. Generally, a person can only get HSV-2 infection during sexual contact with someone who has a genital HSV-2 infection. Transmission can occur from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore and may not know that he or she is infected.

HSV-1 can cause genital herpes, but it more commonly causes infections of the mouth and lips, so-called "fever blisters." HSV-1 infection of the genitals can be caused by oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a person who has HSV-1 infection. Genital HSV-1 outbreaks recur less regularly than genital HSV-2 outbreaks.

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